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 First edition cover | |
| Author | James Ellroy |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jacket design by Paul Gamarello Jacket illustration by Stephen Peringer |
| Language | English |
| Series | L.A. Quartet |
| Genre | Crime fiction, noir, historical fiction |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | June 1990 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) and audio cassette |
| Pages | 496 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-89296-293-3 (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | 21041119 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3555.L6274 L18 1990 |
| Preceded by | The Big Nowhere (1988) |
| Followed by | White Jazz (1992) |
L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by American writer James Ellroy, the third of his L.A. Quartet series.[1][2] It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"—Steve Erickson.
- ^ Heffer, Fred (19 September 2017). "Why LA Confidential is Hollywood's last great noir". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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